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Back to homepageJudges Blast Pricey Computers
DEC. 21, 2010 By KATY GRIMES The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles is notorious for glacially paced licensing procedures, lackluster customer service and a horrifically expensive, unreliable computer system. But the DMV isn’t the only state agency sporting pricey computers wrought
Read MoreCARB Vote Full Of Self Congrats
DEC, 20, 2010 By DAVE ROBERTS “This is the end of the beginning,” declared California Air Resources Board (CARB) member Ron Roberts on Thursday before the board approved a plan they have been working on for four years that’s designed
Read MoreAlt Energy Makes State Budget Redder
DEC. 20, 2010 By LAER PEARCE When the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show opened last month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was there, which is not surprising since the manly man is quite the car lover. Remember his H1 Hummer? Or his
Read MoreCA Economy Holding Back Nation
DEC. 20, 2010 By JOHN SEILER Strong doses of reality keep throwing cold water over Gov.-elect Jerry Brown. The mess left behind by departing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger seems to grow worse every day. The latest cold water splashing comes from
Read MoreState Board Loans State Dept Money
Dec. 17, 2010 By KATY GRIMES On Dec. 15, a state investment fund loaned more than a million dollars to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The Pooled Money Investment Board, which approved the loan, plays a quiet role
Read MoreSchool Cuts Would Mostly Target Fluff
DEC. 17, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI At a state budget forum held on Dec. 14 in Los Angeles, Gov.-elect Jerry Brown and re-elected state Treasurer Bill Lockyer indicated that they are going to move quickly to significantly cut state funding for K-12 public schools
Read MoreWikileaks and California
Dec. 16, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The WikiLeaks revelation of U.S. government secrets continues to make front pages and cause controversy. California itself is featured in several Wikileaks releases. It’s worth pointing out that WikiLeaks’ cables consist of raw intelligence
Read MoreUC Davis Stats Falsifier Arrested
DEC. 15, 2010 By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY Jennifer Beeman, the former UC Davis official who falsified campus sexual assault statistics, was arrested on Dec. 9 and charged with nine felonies of misusing public funds, embezzlement and false accounting. The arrest
Read MoreDeciphering Brown's Budget Pick
DEC. 15, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO The stakes have never been higher. Since 2008, despite its requirement for a balanced budget, California has been wrestling with budget deficits between $11 billion and $25 billion. In November, the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s
Read MoreCA Budget filled With 'Luxury' Items
To Plug State Deficit Stop Giving Poodles Luxury Gifts DEC. 14, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI Charles Dickens’s satiric novel “A Bleak House” is perhaps more appropriate than his famous story “A Christmas Carol” for describing the bleak Christmas that California faces in 2010, and
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